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Tastemakers

Conscious Since Birth

About Me

The best that ever did it and got away with it.
We are Promoters/DJs/Freedom Fighters/Artists/Mouth Pieces for the Tampa Bay area. Originaly spawned as a reason to spread our collective wealth of music and to allow local and emerging artists to get a brighter spotlight, Tastemakers became an event and not just another club night, featuring guest DJs, various styles of musicians, live paintings and an overall energetic vibe. Now, Tastemakers has become a seal of approval, an undeniable brand of quality & refinement.

The Weekly Planet, Best of The Bay::BEST CATEGORY-SMASHING SERIES:: Tastemakers
No, its not just because they invited me to curate an installment several months ago in fact, I think Tastemakers heads Deacon and Colonic were a bit nonplussed with the Faith No More and the tunes from Monty Python movies. For nearly a year, this twice-monthly Wednesday-night New World phenomenon has brought all styles of music together, and successfully drawn a crowd while doing so. Where else are you gonna get hip-hop, techno and power-pop one week, and alt-country, indie-rock and New Wave the next? Many kudos to the several local agencies (primarily USF radio station WBUL, WMNF, Aestheticized Presents, tampahiphop.com and the New World) who come together, juggle schedules and promote hard to keep this thing interesting.
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Tastemakers
In late 2004, best friends and DJs Deacon (Durium Jones) and Colonic (Joe D'Acunto) set out on a mission to promote local music and be a part of a combined music and art movement under a name that entails just what the name implies, Deacon says, to allow people to 'taste different kinds of music. Deacon and Colonic met at WBUL, the student-run radio station at the University of South Florida, in 2000. We didnt click at first, but its been rock n roll since, Deacon says. Tastemakers as an entity has scaled back since spring and plans only to put on the Summer Jam annual festivals. The two moguls, however, continue to stick their fingers into several pies to cross-promote rock, DJs and hip-hop genres in Tampa Bay. They work with GwanMassive, Dichotomous, Aestheticized Presents and TampaHipHip.com. Plus, Deacon hosts the Battle Basics hip-hop nights at the Orpheum.
--- Tampa Bay Times
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/5/2005
Band Website: tampahiphop.com
Band Members: Deacon , Colonic , 2critical , Mega , Jordan Hart & Dfunkdamager
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Influences: digable planets, wu tang, jeru tha damaja, gangstarr, OC, slick rick, madonna, pete rock & cl smooth, loyd banks, EPMD, kool g rap, de la soul, pharcyde, big daddy kane. jay-z, nas, James Brown, ERYKAH BA-FUCKIN-DU, the dells, areatha franklin, chi-lites, bobby womack, bilal, d'angelo amel larrieux, brand new heavies, gladys knight, sade, hot hot heat, yeah yeah yeahs, queens of stone age, white stripes, interpol, the specials, the smiths, the flamming lips, coldplay, george michael, cat power, bjork, DRM, mark farina, rosalia de souza, theivery coperation, koop, ming & fs, dj shadow, tito puente, ruben blades, el gran campo, thelonius monk, coltrane, dizzy gilespe, louis armstrong, duke ellington, maceo,etta james, ella fitzgeral, billie holiday, mahalia jackson, benny goodman, donald byrd, her space holiday, the shins, the stills, Sage Francis, The Timversion, Dealy Plaza, New Bruises, Red Room Cinema, Summerbirds in the Cellar, Kingsbury, The Party People, The Nuevos, The French Kicks, The Castanets, The Beauvilles, Calla, The Timversion, Nessie, Dukes of Hillsborough, Jarvik7, Candybars, Say Hi To Your Mom, Distrakt, Breakdown, Slopfunkdust, Will Johnson, Da Stranjaz, Limeade, Mental Mass, The Rukus, The Human Echo, Falterboy, Critical Madness, Joon, The Lake Audition, Disco Nap, Orenda, EffeX, Jeremy Gloff, The Same, Bling Bling, Worldwide Zoo, Audible, Lazarus, Distrakt, Laws, EST., The Ladies of the Death Row Swimsuit Calander, Solillaquists of Sound, Tribal Style, Super Power Abuse, Science Non Fiction, Mouse Fire, CES Crew, Morningbell, 3 Kings, Dry County, Falterboy, d'Visitors, Tribal Style, The Villanz, The AB's, Nick Cave, Frank Sinatra, Calexico, anthony hamilton, beans, tears for fears, prince po, prefuse 73, jackie wilson, K & D, automator, junior boys, sharkey, thievery corporation, antibalas, brenda holloway, Tears for fears, Raekwon, The Replacements, Sufijan Stevens, Gift of Gab, Devandra Banhardt, the others, Tribe Called Quest, The Fiery Furnaces, Foreign Exchange, Coco Rosie, Yesterdays New Quintet, MF Doom, French Kicks, Wilco, Quantic, the chi-lites, Doo Wop, Gaelle, Nightmares on Wax!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

OFFICIAL FULL SERVICE PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 15, 2007Original Mixed-Media Collective Offers Full ServiceST. PETERSBURG, FL Nick Kekllas of Sera Sera and Bask present to the public Full Service, a mixed-media show ...
Posted by Tastemakers on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:22:00 PST

SUMMER JAM 3 ft. VOXTROT - JUNE 23 >>> TICKETS ON SALE

VOXTROT = their "dance floor-filling twangy guitar hooks and surging choruses whirl alongside the gloriously twee splendour of violin, cello, French horn, trumpet and tender, emotive vocals relay open...
Posted by Tastemakers on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:15:00 PST

DJ MEGA 1YR ANNIVERSARY THROWDOWN @ THE LOBBY - MAY 12th

Tastemakers Presents:: May 12 2007 1Yr Anniversary Of DJ Mega @ The Lobby 217 Central Ave. - Downtown St. Petersburg 10p-2a | always free         Click Here To RSVP To The Event...
Posted by Tastemakers on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:01:00 PST